The View November 19th Recap: Hayden Christiensen and Jessica Seinfeld
Whoopi Goldberg revealed that she has not been able to think straight and her brain has been a bit “spacey” because she has been taking Wellbutrin to quit smoking. She was in Connecticut over the weekend to do an hour show and thought she was finished after thirty minutes.
Joy Behar won $500 in Las Vegas over the weekend, but then gave it right back to the casino. She said that Steve never wins and he lost $200 in only 10 minutes. Barbara said, “I seems to have a thing for the slot machines” and she wins a lot. Sometimes she goes “crazy wild” and plays the $1 slots.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck e-mailed Barbara and said that her new baby,Taylor Thomas, now 10 days old, received a letter from Senator Hillary Clinton. Elisabeth thought it was a sweet gesture and she might change her vote. Elisabeth is exhausted and is unhappy to have to sit on an inflatable donut.
Joy said that Hillary Clinton “kicked butt” at the latest debate. Hillary said that if people are slinging mud at her, she hopes that it is will accurate information and not out of the “Republican playbook.” Hillary said that the other candidates are not ganging up on her because she is female, but because she is ahead.
Queen Elizabeth has been married to Prince Phillip for 60 years. They showed a photo of the couple and Joy said that she looks a bit like George Washington (she was not wearing a hat in the photo). A woman in the audience during the commercial said that she was married for fifty years, but her husband left. Sherri and Barbara said “good riddance,” thinking that he walked out on her. In fact, he died last year and then they felt bad. The woman did not seem offended, though, and took it in stride.
Barbara interviewed Prince Phillip and said that he is surly, but funny. He suggested at the time, which was during the Nixon presidency, that the Queen might abdicate prior to her death. It made big news then and now people are still wondering if she will abdicate the throne.
After a lengthy discussion about the various royal families, Sherri said, “I’m getting a headache” and just wanted to know if they are still having sex after 60 years. Joy said, “Not!”
Joy will be guest hosting on Larry King Live tonight and the subject is plastic surgery.
Women who are 55 are enjoying sex much more than women of the same age did 10 years ago. Women 35-55 are enjoying sex less. Joy joked it was because they are still married to the same man. Barbara said it is probably because they have children. Women in their 70s still want to have sex, but the men have died. Joy joked that if lesbianism is a choice, that is the time to make the choice.
Sherri asked Barbara how she would pick up a man if she wanted a one-night stand, because according to the survey, she likes a lot of sex. Joy joked that Barbara uses the old line, “Can I interview you?” Barbara said that she says, “Lie down and lets discuss.”
Sherri, starting to do the giveaway, said, “The Sears wish book catalog is making a comeback, Barbara’s orgasms.” Barbara grabbed her arm, mouth agape, and Sherri could not stop laughing.
Ty Pennington, by remote, said that everyone should not just give gifts, but should grant wishes. He then said that everyone in the audience a Casio camera. He held the box upside down and no one bothered to tell him.
Hayden Christiensen appeared on the show to promote his new movie Awake. In the film, his character stays fully awake during surgery and could hear and feel everything, but could not move or speak. Hayden says that it happens in 1000s of cases every year, to varying degrees. He said that if he had to have surgery, he would make sure that his anesthesiologist was on the ball.
He said that getting the role in Star Wars was a life-changing event. He said that meeting George Lucas was an incredible experience. It took him awhile to acclimate to the new world, with the changes that comes with fame. He spends a lot of time in Canada where he is from, which helps him escape the limelight. Barbara asked if when he became famous if the young ladies were coming after him. He looked uncomfortable and did not want to answer, so Sherri said that Barbara is a randy one.
Hayden grew up playing tennis and he used to be a ball boy for professional games. John McEnroe nearly hit him with a racket, accidentally, and that was his first time on television.
Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld, appeared on the show to promote her book Deceptively Delicious. She has three children, ages 7,4, and 2. She likes her children to eat vegetables and makes sure they are on the plate. She also does not want to force her kids to eat vegetables, so her book tells you ways to include vegetables in recipes for everything from french toast to hamburgers to cookies.
She came up with the idea making macaroni and cheese and butternut squash at the same time. She thought that the squash looked like the cheese, so she threw the squash into the mac and cheese. She purees the vegetables and puts it in with the other ingredients.
There is a controversy because a similar book came out a few months before Jessica’s, called The Sneaky Chef. She said that when you have a huge success, people look for the cracks and a way to pick it apart. She said that it must have been hard for the other author, but Jessica insisted that she never saw her book and never read the moments recipes.
Sherri said that she is not a professional chef and doesn’t know how to cook. Barbara said, “You don’t know how to puree?” Sherri joked, “I am too busy having sex.” Jessica said to prepare purees and put them in sandwich bags in the fridge or freezer. Then when you go to make something, even if it is from a box or jar, you can add a puree to it.
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The View, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Hayden Christiensen, Barbara Walters, Jessica Seinfeld, Deceptively Delicious, Jerry Seinfeld, Ty Pennington, Extreme Home Makeover, Hillary Clinton, debate, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck, The Sneaky Chef
November 19th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Why would Hilary Clinton send a letter to Elisabeth?!?!?!?
I dont even know what to say about this so I’ll wait to read everyone else’s respone.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
So I guess the medication explains why Whoopi had those agressive moments the past weeks. Hopefully that will stop now that she is aware of the adverse reactions. Not sure I buy the fact that that is the reason she ’spaces out’ during interviews though. I remember Star Jones giving her tips on how to act interested in what guests have to say on the show. I think her zoning out during the interviews have more to do with her level of interest plus lack of sleep. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt though.
Sex, sex, sex. Boy they love to discuss sex. I really wish they’d let up on that but doesn’t seem likely does it.
I liked the camera Ty Pennington gave away today. I wish I was in the audience.
I enjoyed seeing Hayden today. What a cutie. He seemed laid back. One thing though, they sure interrupt a lot, particularly Barb. Oh, let me retract. Whoopi did not; she was pretty silent for the most part.
Jessica Seinfeld impressed me. I thought she did well explaining the contents of her book as well as addressing the controversy regarding the allegations of plagiarism.
Sherri was pretty funny during that segment, though sex jabs at Barb had gotten old for me then.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Jessica’s’ book seems very interesting. When I was gowning up, my motivation for eating my veggies was dessert. We were told if we didn’t eat our veggies, we wouldn’t get dessert.
That was nice of Hilliary to acknowledge EH’s baby. After my daughter was born I received a letter from my republican congressman. I think they send them out to everyone within their districts.
“I enjoyed seeing Hayden today. What a cutie.”
I agree, did you see BW make him blush?
November 19th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
“That was nice of Hilliary to acknowledge EH’s baby. After my daughter was born I received a letter from my republican congressman. I think they send them out to everyone within their districts”
Ok thanks for explaining that, I didnt know thats how it worked.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
“Why would Hilary Clinton send a letter to Elisabeth?!?!?!?”
You can also send a birth announcement to the White House to get a letter from the president welcoming new babies. I think it’s a pretty standard thing.
Now can I just say that even though I too an getting annoyed with ALL the sex talk, Sherri teasing BW about sex was a highlight for me. BW seemed so annoyed, and Sherri seemed to actually be ENJOYING herself (for once) that it was worth it for me.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Thats interesting, I didnt know that either. Thanks Sasha!
November 19th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Thats interesting, I didnt know that either. Thanks Sasha! I wish I had seen todays episode so I knew how BW said it.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Stephanie,
I think politicians pander to the young and old a like. That’s why they send out letters. I’m not sure if the letter EH received was a personal letter or a form letter. The Congressman who sent me a letter was recently voted out. He’s now rinvolved in a big scandal with his wife and a 23 year old woman.
It seems the ladies have more fun talking about sex than anything else. I agree Sasha, Sherri really enjoyed herself today.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
It was refreshing to Sherri let her guard down a little. I think we saw a little bit of that spark that was there when she was just a guest co-host. I’m sure she’s going to pay for it though…BW definitely didn’t look like she enjoyed the “unscripted” moment quite as much as Sherri did.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Here’s a link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/19/barbara-walters-loves-to-_n_73320.html
November 19th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Thanks for the link New Linda. I also thought BW was getting a little annoyed with Sherri, but it was all in good fun. I hope Sears won’t be upset that Sherri mentioned “Barbara’s orgasms” along with the Sears catalog. You know how uptight some advertisers can be. I loved the look Hayden gave BW when she asked him about girls.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Sasha, are you Winnie?
November 19th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
New Linda:
“Sasha, are you Winnie?”
Umm…no. Why?
(Rainlillie, how do you make one of those smiley emoticons with a “confused face”?)
November 19th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Sasha,
No reason, just my poor detective skills at work. The link on your name goes to Watching the View homepage. I’m new here so I thought perhaps Winnie posted under Sasha and everyone knew that but me.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Ha! Shows you how quick I am! I didn’t even know that my name linked to anything…
I guess you really do learn something new everyday. Rainlillie, how did you get your name to link to a different page?
Anyway, no, Winnie does post, but she just uses her name.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
New Linda: I post as me.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Winnie:
do you know how to get my name to link to a different page, or to get it to not link at all?
November 19th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I got to watch the show today, and I pretty much enjoyed it.
I agree that E.H.’s letter from Hilary is something that politicians do on a regular basis. E.H. is pretty well known and the birth of Taylor was well advertised.
Still it was nice to send, and to receive I’m sure. I liked E.H’s joke, that she might change her vote now.
I have heard others say the same thing as Whoopi about the Wellbutrin, but usually those symptoms subside after a while. I know of several who have used it to help during the quiting process, and they claim it really helped them. I hope that she’ll be able to continue taking it. (Cause I want her to succeed).
I too think Hayden is a cutie. (I love his hair). Even though I’m probably old enough to be his mother, I’m not sure how old he is. My 17 year old hates it when I say that a younger person is a cutie, or a hunk. I guess we older persons aren’t suppose to notice that…according to my 17 year old anyway,..nor are we suppose to talk or think about sex.
Yes there was quite a bit of sex talk today, but I think it was all in good fun, as someone else said.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Sasha,
Look underneath the space where you provide your e-mail address. Just copy and paste your homepage address in that space.
Aileen provided us with this link to make emoticons.
http://www.windweaver.com/emoticon.htm
November 19th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
“Look underneath the space where you provide your e-mail address. Just copy and paste your homepage address in that space.”
Thanks Rainlillie. Winnie told me how to do it as well. I’ve got to say I feel a little stupid now…it was right in front of my face. Oops!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
I thought Sherry was hysterical today!!! I laughed so hard outloud with her question to BW on where does she go to get a one night stand??? And the flippant comment on well according to the poll u like sex alot!!! OMG that was hysterical..
November 20th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Yeah, it’s nice to see someone who doesn’t always respect BW’s “refined” hoity toity persona that she likes to put on. Thing is, I’m sure BW has final say about the hot topics they’ll be discussing (even more so when she’s there), so if she’s so uncomfortable with it, why allow it to be brought up? Especially when it deals with the elderly enjoying sex more–who’s opinion do you think the three comedians will be asking about that, BW, hmm?
November 20th, 2007 at 10:21 am
I really, really thought they should have said a disclaimer before the clip from Awake aired. It was a very frightening scene, and I can’t imagine how terrified someone who had surgery scheduled would feel after seeing that.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Julie,
I agree that scene caught me off guard.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
“hoity toity”
that’s my phrase for the week. love it!